James O'Neal
Latest articles by James O'Neal
Broadcast Equipment Museum Debuts in Texas
By James O'Neal published
Until fairly recently, repositories for cast-off broadcast gear—aside from landfills and scrap metal dealers—didn’t really exist.
2016 ‘Bits By The Bay’ Plays to Sell-Out Crowd
By James O'Neal published
I recently wrote about the value (and necessity) of keeping up-to-date, especially in a broadcast engineering career.
‘Knowledge Is Power’ Is True Now More Than Ever
By James O'Neal published
I first heard the saying “nothing is more permanent than change” when I was a boy, (60 or so years ago).
ATSC 3.0 DTV Standard Gets Far East ‘Test Drive’
By James O'Neal published
History was made in Shanghai as a multinational group of television engineers gathered to perform systems compatibility testing of the ATSC 3.0 digital TV standard.
Preparing For TV’s Big Repacking Exercise
By James O'Neal published
“It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way….”
Tektronix’s WFM2300 Waveform Monitor
By James O'Neal published
Tektronix has been making monitoring and test gear almost as long as I’ve been around...
Is Your Broadcast Facility Ready For a Power Surge?
By James O'Neal published
Guarding against ‘microsecond invaders,’ Part I
Keep Your Transmitting Plant at Peak Operation
By James O'Neal published
Just as with periodic tower inspections, regular preventative maintenance can keep you on the air without interruptions.
NHK Broadcasts 8K Video Over the Air
By James O'Neal published
Japan’s NHK broadcasting organization claims to have successfully transmitted 8k “Super Hi-Vision” television signals via a single standard UHF terrestrial broadcast channel over a distance of 27 km
NAB Show Product Preview: Signal Processing
By James O'Neal published
The industry is quickly moving to IP connectivity, virtualization, higher and higher definition imagery, and other enhancements.
2016 Product Preview: Signal Processing
By James O'Neal published
Now that we’re solidly in the “digital era,” a lot of things have changed about how we do television.
Broadcasters Prep for Nationwide EAS Trial
By James O'Neal published
Will ‘third time’ be the charm?
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